AN 4.7 · Pali Canon (Tipiṭaka) – English & Pāli · Verses Across
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AN 4.7Grace · Sobhanasutta
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Buddhism · Sutta Pitaka · Numbered Discourses (Aṅguttara)
AN 4.7
Grace · Sobhanasutta
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“Mendicants, these four who are competent, educated, self-assured, and learned, who have memorized the teachings and practice in line with the teaching, grace the Saṅgha. What four? A monk, a nun, a layman, and a laywoman. These four who are competent, educated, self-assured, and learned, who have memorized the teachings and practice in line with the teaching, grace the Saṅgha.
Whoever is competent and self-assured, learned, a memorizer of the teachings, who lives in line with the teaching— such a one is said to grace the Saṅgha.
Yo hoti viyatto ca visārado ca, Bahussuto dhammadharo ca hoti; Dhammassa hoti anudhammacārī, Sa tādiso vuccati saṅghasobhano.
A monk accomplished in ethics, and a learned nun, a faithful layman, and a faithful laywoman, too: these grace the Saṅgha, they are the graces of the Saṅgha.”
Bhikkhu ca sīlasampanno, bhikkhunī ca bahussutā; Upāsako ca yo saddho, yā ca saddhā upāsikā; Ete kho saṅghaṁ sobhenti, ete hi saṅghasobhanā”ti. Sattamaṁ.
